Dover Detached Market Update – November 15, 2025
Market Highlights (as of November 15, 2025)
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Average Sold Price: Over the past 12 months, detached homes in Dover have achieved an average sold price of about $501,955.
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Average Days on Market: The average time on market over the period was around 33.1 days, which reflects a balanced time on market that feels typical for this segment.
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Odds of Selling: Combining completed sales and current pendings, the likelihood of a listing selling for a detached listing in Dover over this window comes in at roughly 63.3%, based on 66 sold, 3 pending, and 40 that did not sell.
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Monthly Selling Rate: A total of 66 sales over the past year translates into a monthly selling rate of roughly 5.8 detached sales per month in Dover.
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Months of Inventory: With 13 active listings at the time of this snapshot and the current selling rate, months of inventory sits near 2.3 months, indicating that buyers have room to compare options, while good listings still attract solid interest.
Time to Sell
The Time to Sell chart plots individual detached sales in Dover by days on market and sold price over the past 12 months, from 2024-11-15 to 2025-11-15. Each point represents one sold listing, with days on market on the horizontal axis and sold price on the vertical axis, plus reference lines showing the average sold price and a typical time on market for this segment.
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Looking at the past year, detached homes in this area have usually taken around 33.1 days to reach a firm sale. That’s a useful timeline to keep in mind when you’re planning your own move.
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Sales that completed in less than about 16 days sit on the faster side of the chart and often reflect well-prepared listings that were aligned with recent pricing, while sales that took longer than roughly 45.8 days illustrate cases where extra time was needed before the right buyer and price match came together.
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Across this period, the average sold price for detached homes in Dover has been near $501,955, and points that sit well to the right of the typical days-on-market line highlight situations where pricing, condition, or more specialized features required additional exposure before a firm sale.
Odds of Selling
The Odds of Selling chart summarizes how many detached listings in Dover have sold, how many are still on the market, and how many were removed without a completed sale over the past 12 months, from 2024-11-15 to 2025-11-15. It also rolls those counts into an overall estimate of the percentage of listings that ultimately reach a firm sale.
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Odds of Selling: Looking across these 12 months, 66 detached listings in Dover have successfully sold and 3 are part-way there, with 13 still on the market and 40 leaving the market unsold. Put simply, roughly 63.3% of listings have been making it all the way to a firm deal.
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Monthly Selling Rate: When you smooth the results across the past 12 months, it comes to around 5.8 completed detached sales per month, highlighting the underlying pace of demand in this segment.
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With around 2.3 months of inventory derived from 13 active listings and the recent selling rate, buyers have room to compare options, while good listings still attract solid interest
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In this context, “not sold” captures listings that were terminated, expired, or withdrawn without reaching a firm sale, which helps distinguish between properties that successfully completed the moving process and those that left the market for other reasons.
Buying Pattern
The Buying Pattern chart shows how many detached sales in Dover were completed in each of the last 12 months, including 11 full months plus the current month-to-date, so you can see how activity has moved through the year between 2024-11-15 and 2025-11-15.
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The busiest months for closed detached sales over this period were May 2025, where the bar heights sit at the top of the chart for this 12-month window.
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On the quieter side, months such as Jan 2025 sit closer to the bottom of the chart, illustrating periods where fewer detached sales were recorded.
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Across the 12-month window, monthly closed sales ranged from about 1 to 9 deals, for a total of 64 completed sales. That lines up with the monthly selling rate of roughly 5.8 sales per month shown in the broader odds-of-selling view.
Price vs. Square Footage
The Price vs. Square Footage chart focuses on the last three months of detached sales in Dover, plotting each sale by interior size on the horizontal axis and sold price on the vertical axis. A trend line is overlaid to summarize how sale prices have tended to move as square footage changes in this recent sample.
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Recent closed detached sales in this view span from around 836 sq. ft. through to roughly 1,374.8 sq. ft., and within that range the trend line suggests a softer relationship where higher square footage has recently been associated with higher sale prices.
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Most recent detached sales here have clustered in the core size range that many local buyers favour. That cluster helps show how extra space has been priced in real offers, rather than just on paper. The picture is based on roughly 16 sales from the last three months.
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Taken together with the average sold price of roughly $501,955 over the full 12-month window, the chart can be used as a directional guide: you can locate a home's square footage on the horizontal axis, follow it up toward the trend line, and get a sense of where similar recent sales have been concentrating on the price scale.
Key Takeaways
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Listing outcomes: In this 12-month snapshot, about 63.3% of detached listings in Dover have ultimately turned into a sale or pending deal, with the rest coming off the market unsold. That pattern underscores the value of launching with realistic pricing and a strong presentation from day one.
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Seasonal rhythm: Months such as May 2025 have carried more closed sales, while periods like Jan 2025 have been quieter. That pattern is helpful context when deciding whether to aim for a higher-activity window or work within a slower part of the calendar.
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Size and pricing: Within the recent three-month sample, detached sales from roughly 836 to 1,374.8 sq. ft. show a softer relationship where higher square footage has recently been associated with higher sale prices. When estimating value for a specific home, it helps to pair that chart with the most similar recent comparables in terms of size, features, and condition.
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